How To Install Omeka Classic CMS On CentOS 8

How To Install Omeka Classic CMS On CentOS 8

Omeka Classic is a web publishing platform for sharing digital collections and creating media-rich online exhibits. This video covers the tutorial on Installation of Omeka Classic on CentOS 8

Installation process:

Check the CentOS version by using the following command

 [root@linuxhelp ~]# rpm -q centos-release
centos-release-8.1-1.1911.0.8.el8.x86_64

Before the installation, you need to download the Omeka installation package.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# wget https://github.com/omeka/Omeka/releases/download/v2.7.1/omeka-2.7.1.zip
--2020-09-05 15:25:36--  https://github.com/omeka/Omeka/releases/download/v2.7.1/omeka-2.7.1.zip
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 13.234.210.38
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|13.234.210.38|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com/1981382/12ad8f00-41e2-11ea-8653-ade6baaa53a1?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIWNJYAX4CSVEH53A%2F20200905%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20200905T095634Z&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Signature=d1f5785e0474eea7d2cd4f0e7bc4caec5cfa6af478fdb351cf47f7ffbd55bc6a&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&actor_id=0&key_id=0&repo_id=1981382&response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3Domeka-2.7.1.zip&response-content-type=application%2Foctet-stream [following]
--2020-09-05 15:25:36--  https://github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com/1981382/12ad8f00-41e2-11ea-8653-ade6baaa53a1?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIWNJYAX4CSVEH53A%2F20200905%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20200905T095634Z&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Signature=d1f5785e0474eea7d2cd4f0e7bc4caec5cfa6af478fdb351cf47f7ffbd55bc6a&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&actor_id=0&key_id=0&repo_id=1981382&response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3Domeka-2.7.1.zip&response-content-type=application%2Foctet-stream
Resolving github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com (github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com)... 52.217.64.76
Connecting to github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com (github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com)|52.217.64.76|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 16311161 (16M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘omeka-2.7.1.zip’

omeka-2.7.1.zip        100%[============================>]  15.55M   818KB/s    in 40s     

2020-09-05 15:26:18 (395 KB/s) - ‘omeka-2.7.1.zip’ saved [16311161/16311161]

Once the download is completed, extract the Omeka by using the following command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# unzip omeka-2.7.1.zip 
Archive:  omeka-2.7.1.zip
  creating: omeka-2.7.1/
  creating: omeka-2.7.1/admin/
  creating: omeka-2.7.1/admin/themes/
  creating: omeka-2.7.1/admin/themes/default/
  creating: omeka-2.7.1/admin/themes/default/appearance/
  creating: omeka-2.7.1/admin/themes/default/collections/
  creating: omeka-2.7.1/admin/themes/default/common/
  creating: omeka-2.7.1/admin/themes/default/css/
  creating: omeka-2.7.1/admin/themes/default/css/media/
  creating: omeka-2.7.1/admin/themes/default/element-sets/
  creating: omeka-2.7.1/admin/themes/default/elements/
.
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inflating: omeka-2.7.1/themes/seasons/javascripts/jquery-extra-selectors.js  
 inflating: omeka-2.7.1/themes/seasons/javascripts/seasons.js  
 inflating: omeka-2.7.1/themes/seasons/javascripts/vendor/modernizr.js  
 inflating: omeka-2.7.1/themes/seasons/package.json  
 inflating: omeka-2.7.1/themes/seasons/simple-pages/page/show.php  
 inflating: omeka-2.7.1/themes/seasons/theme.ini  
 inflating: omeka-2.7.1/themes/seasons/theme.jpg  

Move the Omeka directory to apache root directory

[root@linuxhelp ~]# mv omeka-2.7.1 /var/www/omeka

Set the ownership and permission for Omeka CMS

[root@linuxhelp ~]# chown -R apache:apache /var/www/omeka
[root@linuxhelp ~]# chmod -R 755 /var/www/omeka

Configure the virtualhost for Omeka CMS

[root@linuxhelp ~]# vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/omeka.conf
<virtualhost *:80>
       Servername www.linuxhelp1.com
       Documentroot /var/www/omeka
<directory /var/www/omeka>
allowoverride all
allow from all
</directory>
</virtualhost>

[root@linuxhelp ~]# mysql -u root -p
Enter password: 
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 16
Server version: 10.3.17-MariaDB MariaDB Server

Copyright (c) 2000, 2018, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

MariaDB [(none)]> create database omeka_db;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.001 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]> create user 'omeka_user'@localhost identified by 'Linuxc#4';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.002 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]> grant all privileges on omeka_db.* to 'omeka_user'@localhost;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.000 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]> flush privileges;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.001 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]> exit
Bye

[root@linuxhelp ~]# cd /var/www/omeka/

[root@linuxhelp omeka]# ls -la
total 96
drwxr-xr-x  8 apache apache  4096 Jan 28  2020 .
drwxr-xr-x  5 root   root    4096 Sep  5 15:32 ..
drwxr-xr-x  3 apache apache  4096 Jan 28  2020 admin
drwxr-xr-x 13 apache apache  4096 Jan 28  2020 application
-rwxr-xr-x  1 apache apache  5192 Jan 28  2020 bootstrap.php
-rwxr-xr-x  1 apache apache   532 Jan 28  2020 db.ini
drwxr-xr-x  7 apache apache  4096 Jan 28  2020 files
-rwxr-xr-x  1 apache apache  1702 Jan 28  2020 .htaccess
-rwxr-xr-x  1 apache apache   597 Jan 28  2020 index.php
drwxr-xr-x  6 apache apache  4096 Jan 28  2020 install
-rwxr-xr-x  1 apache apache 35147 Jan 28  2020 license.txt
drwxr-xr-x  5 apache apache  4096 Jan 28  2020 plugins
-rwxr-xr-x  1 apache apache  1225 Jan 28  2020 README.md
-rwxr-xr-x  1 apache apache    32 Jan 28  2020 robots.txt
drwxr-xr-x  5 apache apache  4096 Jan 28  2020 themes

[root@linuxhelp omeka]# vim db.ini 
host     = "localhost"
username = "'omeka_user"
password = "Linuxc#4"
dbname   = "omeka_db"

 [root@linuxhelp omeka]# systemctl restart httpd